Crime

Another person has come forward to police after RNZ reported on an investigation into a Wellington man who is the subject of multiple complaints.

Police Association president Chris Cahill says the devil will be in the details as to where funding will be focused.

The man is defending the charge of rape in a trial that began on Monday.

Ryan Brown told police he wanted to go back to jail, because he couldn't handle his drug addiction.

Abdulhassan Nabizadah was found injured on a Miramar street corner in March and died in hospital.

The student was assaulted by another pupil at a rural Canterbury school.

The club's leading tryscorer has immersed himself in the community, after serving time in prison for a drug conviction.

A fourth person has been charged more than a year after a woman was found dead, stuffed in a black rubbish bag, in Gulf Harbour north of Auckland.

The death was initially classified as "unexplained", but was ungraded to homicide.

A homicide investigation has been launched after the discovery of a man's body at Horeke, north of Kaikohe.

The death of a young girl in Kaikohe on Wednesday is being investigated by police.

Jordan Taylor killed his mother Anita in 2023, on his 18th birthday.

"He was cold but otherwise unharmed," police say.

In 2023 Sarvjeet Sidhu and two others stabbed Singh about 40 times.

A man suffered multiple injuries - including burns to his face and chest, wounds to his legs after he was kidnapped and assaulted.

Police arrested two people and removed a firearm following a search in south Auckland.

Rangimaria Sellars had earlier pleaded guilty to the stabbing, which critically injured the driver.

A CCTV operator told police he saw a man on Paihia's main street take a gun out of his pants - but that's not what police found when they arrived.

Three violent but unrelated crimes have resulted in charges for three men.